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Webster 1913 Edition

Ambrosial

Am-bro′sial

(ăm-brō′zhal or ăm-brō′zh>icr/-al)
,
Adj.
[L.
ambrosius
, Gr.
ἀμβρόσιος
.]
1.
Consisting of, or partaking of the nature of, ambrosia; delighting the taste or smell; delicious.
“Ambrosial food.” “Ambrosial fragrance.”
Milton.
2.
Divinely excellent or beautiful.
“Shakes his ambrosial curls.”
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ambrosial

AMBRO'SIAL

,
Adj.
ambro'zhal. Partaking of the nature or qualities of ambrosia; fragrant; delighting the taste or smell; as, ambrosial dews. Ben Jonson uses ambrosiac in a like sense, and Bailey has ambrosian, but these seem not to be warranted by usage.

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